Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 4, 2020

Comparing multiple comparisons: practical guidance for choosing the best multiple comparisons test

Stephen Midway, Matthew Robertson, Shane Flinn, Michael Kaller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10387 PubMed 33335808

December 11, 2020

Exogenous melatonin improves salt stress adaptation of cotton seedlings by regulating active oxygen metabolism

Dan Jiang, Bin Lu, Liantao Liu, Wenjing Duan, Li Chen, Jin Li, Ke Zhang, Hongchun Sun, Yongjiang Zhang, Hezhong Dong, Cundong Li, Zhiying Bai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10486 PubMed 33365206

December 17, 2020

Evolution of Wolbachia mutualism and reproductive parasitism: insight from two novel strains that co-infect cat fleas

Timothy P. Driscoll, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Cassia Brockway, Darin L. Shrewsberry, Mariah Plumer, Spiridon E. Sevdalis, John F. Beckmann, Laura M. Krueger, Kevin R. Macaluso, Abdu F. Azad, Joseph J. Gillespie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10646 PubMed 33362982

December 1, 2020

Effects of plastic mulching on the accumulation and distribution of macro and micro plastics in soils of two farming systems in Northwest China

Fanrong Meng, Tinglu Fan, Xiaomei Yang, Michel Riksen, Minggang Xu, Violette Geissen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10375 PubMed 33344073

December 18, 2020

Mutational spectra of SARS-CoV-2 isolated from animals

Ahmed Elaswad, Mohamed Fawzy, Shereen Basiouni, Awad A. Shehata

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10609 PubMed 33384909

December 18, 2020

Macrel: antimicrobial peptide screening in genomes and metagenomes

Célio Dias Santos-Júnior, Shaojun Pan, Xing-Ming Zhao, Luis Pedro Coelho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10555 PubMed 33384902

December 4, 2020

The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura

James C. Lamsdell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10431 PubMed 33335810

December 16, 2020

Combination of circulating miR-145-5p/miR-191-5p as biomarker for breast cancer detection

Yeldar Ashirbekov, Arman Abaildayev, Nazgul Omarbayeva, Dauren Botbayev, Ayaz Belkozhayev, Anel Askandirova, Alena Neupokoyeva, Gulzhakhan Utegenova, Kamalidin Sharipov, Nagima Aitkhozhina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10494 PubMed 33362968

December 18, 2020

Peripheral-physiological and neural correlates of the flow experience while playing video games: a comprehensive review

Shiva Khoshnoud, Federico Alvarez Igarzábal, Marc Wittmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10520 PubMed 33384898

December 15, 2020

Fungal survival under temperature stress: a proteomic perspective

Nurlizah Abu Bakar, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Siti Aisyah Alias

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10423 PubMed 33362961

December 21, 2020

Improved plaque assay for human coronaviruses 229E and OC43

Nicole Bracci, Han-Chi Pan, Caitlin Lehman, Kylene Kehn-Hall, Shih-Chao Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10639 PubMed 33391888

December 2, 2020

Distribution of phylogenetic groups, adhesin genes, biofilm formation, and antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from hospitalized patients in Thailand

Nipaporn Tewawong, Siriporn Kowaboot, Yaowaluk Pimainog, Naiyana Watanagul, Thanunrat Thongmee, Yong Poovorawan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10453 PubMed 33344087

December 18, 2020

Quality of urban parks in the perception of city residents with mobility difficulties

Magdalena Błaszczyk, Marzena Suchocka, Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak, Magdalena Muszyńska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10570 PubMed 33384903

December 22, 2020

Supraspecific units in correlative niche modeling improves the prediction of geographic potential of biological invasions

Sandra Castaño-Quintero, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Luis Osorio-Olvera, A Townsend Peterson, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Carlos Yañez-Arenas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10454 PubMed 33391868

December 9, 2020

Effect of dietary oil from Camelina sativa on the growth performance, fillet fatty acid profile and gut microbiome of gilthead Sea bream (Sparus aurata)

David Huyben, Simona Rimoldi, Chiara Ceccotti, Daniel Montero, Monica Betancor, Federica Iannini, Genciana Terova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10430 PubMed 33354421

December 21, 2020

Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886

Jorgo Ristevski, Adam M. Yates, Gilbert J. Price, Ralph E. Molnar, Vera Weisbecker, Steven W. Salisbury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10466 PubMed 33391869

December 18, 2020

Time of night and moonlight structure vertical space use by insectivorous bats in a Neotropical rainforest: an acoustic monitoring study

Dylan G.E. Gomes, Giulliana Appel, Jesse R. Barber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10591 PubMed 33384906

December 8, 2020

Effects of auxin (indole-3-butyric acid) on growth characteristics, lignification, and expression profiles of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis in carrot taproot

Ahmed Khadr, Guang-Long Wang, Ya-Hui Wang, Rong-Rong Zhang, Xin-Rui Wang, Zhi-Sheng Xu, Yong-Sheng Tian, Ai-Sheng Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10492 PubMed 33354430

December 15, 2020

Description of the microbiota in epidermal mucus and skin of sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum and Negaprion brevirostris) and one stingray (Hypanus americanus)

Susana Caballero, Ana Maria Galeano, Juan Diego Lozano, Martha Vives

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10240 PubMed 33362953

December 21, 2020

Full-length genome characterization and phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus strains from Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia

Gunadi, Hendra Wibawa, Marcellus, Mohamad Saifudin Hakim, Edwin Widyanto Daniwijaya, Ludhang Pradipta Rizki, Endah Supriyati, Dwi Aris Agung Nugrahaningsih, Afiahayati, Siswanto, Kristy Iskandar, Nungki Anggorowati, Alvin Santoso Kalim, Dyah Ayu Puspitarani, Kemala Athollah, Eggi Arguni, Titik Nuryastuti, Tri Wibawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10575 PubMed 33391880

December 18, 2020

Utilizing sponge spicules in taxonomic, ecological and environmental reconstructions: a review

Magdalena Łukowiak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10601 PubMed 33384908

December 18, 2020

Antimicrobial activity of Streptomyces spp. isolated from Apis dorsata combs against some phytopathogenic bacteria

Yaowanoot Promnuan, Saran Promsai, Sujinan Meelai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10512 PubMed 33384897

December 2, 2020

Ixodes scapularis microbiome correlates with life stage, not the presence of human pathogens, in ticks submitted for diagnostic testing

Joshua C. Gil, Zeinab H. Helal, Guillermo Risatti, Sarah M. Hird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10424 PubMed 33344080

December 14, 2020

Trends in summer presence of fin whales in the Western Mediterranean Sea Region: new insights from a long-term monitoring program

Paola Tepsich, Ilaria Schettino, Fabrizio Atzori, Marta Azzolin, Ilaria Campana, Lara Carosso, Simone Cominelli, Roberto Crosti, Léa David, Nathalie Di-Méglio, Francesca Frau, Martina Gregorietti, Veronica Mazzucato, Clara Monaco, Aurelie Moulins, Miriam Paraboschi, Giuliana Pellegrino, Massimiliano Rosso, Marine Roul, Sébastien Saintignan, Antonella Arcangeli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10544 PubMed 33362978

December 17, 2020

bmd: an R package for benchmark dose estimation

Signe M. Jensen, Felix M. Kluxen, Jens C. Streibig, Nina Cedergreen, Christian Ritz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10557 PubMed 33362981

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